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Inside the UBC encampment for Palestine
July 2, 2024By: Anonymous SFU Student As of writing, 58 days have passed since the encampment at UBC began. Despite our united front, we still struggle to achieve our goals: demanding that UBC divests, academically sever ties with Israeli universities, and condemn the genocide in occupied Palestinian territories. Similar demands from SFU students have occurred recently. While SFU doesn’t have an encampment yet, students and faculty have intervened at convocations and occupied the downtown library to demand divestment. Both UBC and SFU need to understand the urgency of divesting from companies complicit in the Palestinian genocide, and listen to the voices of…
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Is SFU’s return to campus too soon?
January 25, 2022The SFU community is tired — call it the January Blues, pandemic burnout, compassion fatigue, or whatever you call the kind of anxiety that comes with the COVID-19 pandemic. The university’s recent announcement that SFU will be returning to full…
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The colonial history of Canada Day
June 28, 2021Content warning: residential schools, genocide, colonization, police and state violence When I was in high school, most of what was taught about Canadian history was through the lens of European settlers and colonizers. I remember our class spending only an…
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Vancouver drug decriminalization model falls short for youth
May 26, 2021Vancouver is currently pushing to be the first Canadian city to decriminalize drug possession. Unfortunately, this initiative falls short in addressing community needs and is particularly unfavourable for Vancouver’s youth. Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy (CSSDP) advocate for youth…
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Scholar Strike Canada: A cause for hope and a missed opportunity
September 21, 2020“Education isn’t about teaching students how to make the trains run on time.” said Min Sook Lee, Associate Professor at Ontario College of Art and Design University, during the first scheduled digital teach-in, Abolition or death: Confronting police forces in…
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Election resources for the new voter
October 17, 2019With Election Day coming up on October 21, many of us are preparing to vote for our first federal election. And while that’s pretty exciting, it’s also really nerve-wracking. We’re making decisions that will uphold our democracy, and eyes are…
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10 ways to spend $10 at Mini Mart
October 7, 2019Photos by Chris Ho Dear Minimart, It’s us: The Peak. Maybe you don’t know us, but we know you. See, your fine establishment is only a brisk walk away from our home-away-from-home office. Back in summer 2018, when we thought…
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Student recipe box: It’s soup season, my dudes
October 7, 2019A fun fact about me is that I have a Pinboard called “SOUP SOUP SOUP SOUP.” I am not ashamed. In fact, now that sweater weather has rolled in, I am thriving. Here’s why soup is the superior food: minimal…
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Speaking to SFU’s best and brightest: an interview with 2019’s SFU Outstanding Alumni Night awardees
October 4, 2019The 2019 Outstanding Alumni Awards took place September 20 at the Sheraton Wall Centre. It featured four awardees: Isabel Ge Mahe, Kathleen Hepburn, Hew Choy Leong, and Mark Okerstrom. Peter Akman, 2018’s recipient for Outstanding Alumni for Professional Achievement, hosted…
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You’re a student and a citizen: A cheat sheet on when, where, and how students can vote this 2019 election
October 4, 2019Like a rare meteor that only appears when the Governor General calls — it’s election time in Canada; which means that all your relatives on Facebook are going to start acting up and you, my friend, are going to have…
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